Emergent Genome Addressing the architectural and ecological issues of Melbourne’s growth corridors in the age of biotechnology
Location:
Beveridge North West
Emergent Genome
Maxwell Leegel Wight Supervisor: A/Prof Roland Snooks
Location:
An analogy to a natural system and synergy of computation, nature and machine; Emergent Genome is a siteless and scalable systemic building process that focuses on the tight integration of the built and natural environments emerging in this century.
Location:
Deep Creek
Aviators Field (Point Cook South)
(Pakenham East)
Morphodynamic Site & Surrounds Data
Negotiated Morphogenetic Program Data
Quantitative Feedback Analysis
Computational Summary
Program Allocation
Gravity & Structural Flow Analysed
Vector Catchment Inputs
Site & Program Connections
Shell Negotiation
Site Obstacles & Overlays
Initial Site Position
Negotiated Outcomes
Shell Encompassed, Openings To Site Lines
Solar Vectors Obtained
Wind Vectors Obtained
Material Framework
Responsive To Vector Catchment
Material Orientate To Structural Flow
Negotiate Structural Ridges
Deposit Along Ridges To Flow Direction
Tectonic Outcomes
Utilising current architectural trajectories of direct fabrication, design software and analysis simulations the process is sited and scaled in the testing grounds of the recently expanded growth corridors of Melbourne. It proposes an alternative model for a city’s expansion that addresses the diminishing effect of urban growth on the ecology it is a part of and the productive landscape that it occupies. Morphogenetic inputs from a client brief and morphodynamic inputs from the site are negotiated into a mass customisable memetic genome for the city’s periphery. Tuned to the surroundings and fabricated predominantly from the material of the site; negotiated outcomes of a simulated real world scenario grow the building to its surroundings and user inputs as a parallel to a living thing for living in.
Mass Customised Suburb Beveridge North West
CBD
Aviator’s Field Port Phillip Bay
Deep Creek
Urban Growth Corridor New Suburbs
Emergent Mass Customised Suburb
Initial Hub Starter Culture
Precinct Key Zones
Staged In Line With Growth
Site Ecology & Stormwater Mitigation
Plots Attract To Infrastructure
Plots Repel Inaccessible Infrastructure
Plot Size Diversity & Scale Towards Attractors
Emergent Zoning From Mass Customisation
Transport Via Shared Boundaries
Plot Water Retention & Collection
Productive Waste Water Irrigated Landscape
On site soil with binding additive
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Insulation membrane Study, Library Lattice Interior Structure
Wall Section
Level 01
ETFE Cushion Windows
Living, Dining
External Shading Extruded composite mullion
Window Section
Ground Floor Mezz
Bed 01 Algae production membrane Waste Treatment membrane
Courtyard Bed 02
Master Bed Ensuite
Shell Housing
Energy Systems Section
Bath & L’dry Transport Hub Home Office
Ground Floor
Entry & Kitchen